I've stayed here a few times over the years but in an rv with my own bed and bathroom. This last week, I camped here with my family in a tent and kind of regretted it. Women's restrooms were somewhat clean, but the showers weren't. I wanted to use the largest shower because it was the only one with a bench and private dressing area. But there was a jammed token and inoperable. Out of 3 (fairly dirty and bug infested) showers, only 1 had little cubbies to put your soap and shampoo. The others don't and you have to put your stuff on the filthy floor. The laundry room was filthy with cottonwood fuzzies, dirt, leaves and lots of mouse poop. One of the 2 sofas to sit on had mouse poop and holes in it. I did a load of wash and chose cold water, we found out after the load that the hot and cold water hoses are crossed in the back of the machine. When I told the staff, their response was "of course it is"!. Not a big deal, but maybe consider posting a sign to let your clients know.....or better yet, fix it. That said, the on-site manager(s) are very nice people. The office does sell fire wood and ice if you need it. read more

We checked in 10/2/2024 and checked out 10/6/2024 on 10/3 they removed the portable bathrooms and we asked the manager about them and she said we were lucky they should have been removed two weeks ago . The sad thing is we took our uncles that are 88 and 86 with us and we had to tell them they would have to be driven to the bathrooms . we were by the stables and its about a 300 yard walk to the bathrooms and showers . I am really disappointed in the customer service , they should keep the portable toilets until the end of the season . unfortunately we will never stay at Browns Millpond again . read more

This place isn't too shabby, but I'm giving it 4 stars mainly because it wasn't exactly what we were originally looking for. However, given that it was Labor Day weekend and we managed to snag a spot on a walk-in basis, we were pretty pleased. You can only stay one night without a reservation. We paid around $45 for that night ($35 for the night and an extra $10 for an additional car, if I remember correctly). This campground is decent, but it's not that deep-in-the-woods, nature-immersed kind of vibe, if that's what you're after. The campsites are tightly packed together, lots of RVs lined up in a row - it can get a bit crowded and noisy. It's more like an RV park than a wilderness retreat. There are reasonably clean bathrooms, and you can grab a $2 token for a 7-minute shower. There's a fish cleaning station, and while the little river nearby had a bit of trash, it is cool to fall asleep to the sound of the stream. Big shoutout to Pam, who I believe is one of the campground managers. She's a real sweetheart, super helpful, and even went above and beyond outside of regular business hours. read more

El lugar es hermoso y pacifico las personas encargadas del lugar son muy amables. Los baños siempre están limpios Este fue nuestro 1er viaje y definitivamente iremos de nuevo. Un lado es para acampar con TENT y el otro para RV todos los sites tienen sombra, fogata, mesa y llave de agua. El lugar es plano y con pasto. Definitivamente necesitas llevar un generador si acampas en tent. Venden hielo, leña para la fogata, y tokens para las duchas ( para agua caliente) cada token te da 7 min. De agua caliente. read more

Brown's Millpond Campground - Ready to get a fish in the little pond - Campgrounds Near Me - Bishop, California

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Poor communication from Suzi, I emailed 4 times trying to book specific sites and I finally got a response 15 days after they opened reservations to tell me the sites are already book. Sounds like someone has the inside scoop and people who are their best friends are getting first dibs instead of first come first serve. That ain't right.. Apparently they have a website to reserve which is new and it's hot garbage. Wish Suzi would have told me months ago, weeks ago, days ago that I could have reserved without having to email her. I also called multiple time and the voice-mail is full.. Family trip ruined read more

This place was a true blessing to find! We had reservations at Pleasant Valley Campground and when we arrived, after 5 hours of driving, we found it to be closed due to flooding! They gave us no notice! This is our very first trip in our travel trailer too! Not a good start until we called Pam at Mill Pond Campground! She was truly our angel! It was 5pm and she should've been closed but bless her kind heart she answered my call! What a great find it is too! Not only was it just across the 395 where we were but what a perfect camping ground! We were going to dry camp at PV but we were so very pleased to find MP has hookups!! Yeah! The back drop of the gorgeous Sierra mountains and a bubbling creek! Awesome! Hot showers - bonus!! Thank you Pam for making our maiden voyage a big success!! Cheers to her! Already reserved for this one again soon! read more

Very bad service at the office. Blonde lady upfront was extremely rude & unhelpful. Couldn't even get her to give us a map of the place with available spots. She said too bad we weren't here a minute ago when she just wrote it out for the lady ahead of us. We said we would take whatever spot we didn't care just needed a spot to sleep but she refused to give us a site until the other lady picked hers out first. There were a handful of spots I don't see why we had to wait for her to come back. What happened to first come first serve? Not first come pick your spot and come back when you're ready & we'll save them all for you till you make up your mind lol read more

Brown's Millpond Campground - Campgrounds Near Me - Bishop, California

We stayed their a few days right before the Millpond Music Festival. Office staff is great, campsites are nice, bathrooms could have been a little cleaner, but supplies were always stocked. Only big negative was the park maintenance manager having the cleanup crew using blowers in the sand for so called leaves causing a major sandblast on the RVs, tents and air quality while we were trying to sit at our campsite. The look on some of the poor RV owners and the cleanup they had afterward was horrible. The manager suggested it was no different than when the winds pick up, but the sand never swirled on any evening the wind picked up while we were there and it got blowing pretty good some evenings! The leaf blowers in a sand driveway is crazy! Cleaning up for the festival was the reason, but leaf blowing and mowing in the sand was very inconsiderate to the campers with flying rocks and tornadoes of sand. They could have spent the time cleaning the trash out of the creek that flowed in the park that had a lot of trash in it and plenty of debrie after their leaf blowing. I felt a bit of sarcasm and smug reply when we asked at the office for them to stop. Its a nice park Except for that instance, Quiet and close to Bishop. read more

Wasn't sure what to expect, but we loved! Spent the weekend before we head to Lake Tahoe. So relaxing backed our toyhauler right up the the babbling brook! Wind blowing through the tree is amazing! Staff was very friendly and helpful! read more

Brown's Millpond Campground - Sunset - Campgrounds Near Me - Bishop, California

Sue was very nice at check in. Had ice and little items ready if needed in the store. Great shade trees, stream, tables, bathrooms clean, hot showers (with tokens), and near town. I would stay again ONLY with hook ups in summer. I'm not the dry camping guy! It was hot at nite no breeze just sweat Loose sand in RV placements but didn't get stuck! NO RV DUMP Dry camping is for the young crazy person not for me Pull in have fun and say to sue for us read more

We found ourselves in need of temporary storage for our RV. Pam and her staff were so accommodating and friendly. They went out of their way to address all of our needs. While we were there I noticed what a clean and well maintained campground this is. I would seriously recommend this campground to anyone. read more

Loved this campground, beautiful place, lovely stream going through the middle of the campground. Clean bathrooms, lots of places to walk around, close to the park which is nice. &there are off-road trails going out of the park, I will be back with my dirtbike in the near future! Loved it! read more

This place is amazing! The camp host was by far very accommodating to us especially when at first we got there our dogs locked us out of our truck without our phones omg what a nightmare after such a long drive. She looked up the number for Onstar and let me use her phone. Crisis over. Then my flip flops broke in her office and she gave me a pair she didn't wear. I could go on.That was just to start on her customer service. The campground is so nice, clean, grassy, shady and just a all around nice place to stay. The little creek that flows through is a nice touch and green grass, and the cleanest campground bathrooms I've ever seen. Big showers with 7 minutes of hot water per token which is plenty of time. Also a washer & dryer if needed. Bishop is just maybe 5 minutes from here and you can get to any fishing spot so if you are looking for a great campground to stay to fish up this way don't miss this place it will be our go to spot. We chatted with some other campers and all of them have been coming here for years and I can see why!! Our kids and grandkids met us here and loved it too it is an all around family campground, quiet and relaxing, I just cannot say anything bad about this place except we went when the cottonwood trees were in bloom and it was a little annoying. If you ever experienced a blooming cottonwood it looks like it is snowing! But that is just the beauty of nature. They have hook-ups except sewer for RV's so we were "happy campers" we were even able to get a local station on our antena. read more

Brown's Millpond Campground - Campgrounds Near Me - Bishop, California

Love this place. My family and I come every year for Memorial Day! The staff is great and they really care about their campground.

Nice place to camp, I was there for 3 nights. I would have given 4 stars but the staff was rude and couldn't give me a camp site until I showed up, then there was confusion about that. Bathrooms were clean and the grounds were kept nice. The stream down the middle of the park is great And flows pretty well. I will go back . read more

Brown's Millpond Campground - Our site - Campgrounds Near Me - Bishop, California

Hot showers,centrally located ,staff always eager to help and of course beautiful back drop thank you Susie for always going above and beyond for our family thank you !! read more

A great place to camp. Friendly operators and spacious, clean sites. Beautiful trees settings and creek. Close to Fishing, Hiking, Off road, biking, tennis and access to the town of Bishop read more

Brown's Millpond Campground - Sunset - Campgrounds Near Me - Bishop, California

We first came across Brown's Millpond campground on our Honeymoon in 1996. My husband went through there as a child himself with his family! We couldn't wait to start our own family memories here! We have camped here over the years since,with friends, family and now our own child and have never once had anything negative happen! We have seen a few different camp hosts through the years but the couple that runs it now are amazing and we have gotten to know them and consider them great friends. Very cool and caring people who know the area very well! We just love what they've done with the place! We would camp there over any other campground around! The mountain views are amazing and we love the stream through the campground! The bathrooms and showers have always been clean and kept up and they have fire pits and BBQ's there for use! We bring our two labs at no extra charge! The fishing and off-roading are un believable right out from the campground! This is an awesome place for families and larger groups! Tent or RV camping! Shade trees and grassy areas! Close to the town of Bishop! Amigo's on Main street is our favorite mexican food in town! Playground on park grounds for smaller children. My daughter grew up playing there! I just can't say enough about the two running this place or the campground itself! I look forward to the many trips up there with our family and friends in the future! read more

They are very difficult to get in touch with. Their website gives an unlisted number. They respond to email MAYBE once a week if that. When I drove there to find out what was going on, the manager was very nonchalant about it. The infrastructure there is also often not working. Nice area, bad management who simply doesn't care. read more

One of our favorite places! Pam was awesome to work with getting our reservations set, etc. Small blip when water went out after hours, but Pam was super responsive and remedied the issue very quickly. Campground is rustic, but we love it. We have water, electric, gorgeous views, archery, great park, hiking & proximity to one of our favorite towns. If there are any complaints, it would be with campers forgetting camping etiquette. Campground maintenance works hard, takes care of issues quickly, run clean grounds. You can also get firewood and shower tokens on-site ($2). Great shower when people don't try to cheat the token machine, using quarters & breaking the shower. Again, fellow campers forgetting to pack their etiquette & consideration. Thanks Brown family for a great place & helping us build great memories!! read more

Friendly staff and clean camp site. Was perfect for the kids with the stream that runs thru.

Stayed here at least twice a year for the past 6-7 years. Nice and quiet campground with a fair number of trailer hook-ups (water and electricity only, no sewage and no dump station). Call ahead to request availability and/or reserve hook-ups as they can fill up during certain times of the year (Blake Jones Trout Derby for sure). There are separate male and female bathrooms with showers that require tokens (sold at camp managers house) on-site with a fish cleaning station outside the bathrooms. I was told that during the winter off-season 2015-2016 the bathrooms will be renovated. Only down-side is there is no fishing nearby...Pleasant Valley Reservoir or the Owens River are a bit of a drive. Other things to do are hunting and shooting, hiking, and the kids can look for obsidian arrowheads that are everywhere outside the campground. Give them a try and you'll enjoy your stay! read more

Brown's Millpond Campground - Roughing it At Browns Millpond Campground! - Campgrounds Near Me - Bishop, California

Love all the large trees--lots of shade --very large spaces and the staff is very accomadating and friendly. Would definitely recommend staying here for a somewhat rustic, nature experience -- plus lots of sandy area across the road to walk our cat, Bailey -- we will be back for sure. The Kunzlers of Creston CA read more

Nice drive to get to the site, it was very reasonable. The sites had shade and grass and a stream going through the sites. All were clean and nice. The bathroom was clean and the showers were hot. Would go back here without a doubt. read more

Off the beaten path, clean campsites. I love that a little stream runs through the sites. We were fortunate enough to camp off to the side in our own little area. Very quiet and peaceful. I would definitely recommend to friends and fellow campers! read more

I love Browns Milpond. It's perfect for families and big groups. Nice bathrooms and loads of activites (i.e. soft ball, hourse shoes, swimming, parks, grass, bike riding etc...). Close to Owens river for floating, the Bishop Res for fishing, short drive away from Rock Creek lake and Mammoth. If you are tent camping, be sure to reserve a grass spot. The camp host and her family are very nice. I'll be there every year. read more

Wonderful and clean campsite. The grounds are well maintained and shaded. This is a treasure spot! We dry camped in our tents. The grills, pits, bathrooms, laundry, showers, fish cleaning station, and sites were all clean. There is a ton of shade to escape the sun and enjoy the summer heat while also having the option for sun so close. The stream/creek is super charming and loads of fun for grownups and kids to hop in and play without worry as it is not very deep (though supervision for young kids should always be practiced). The site has multiple entrances to trails for hiking, walking distance to baseball fields, nice playgrounds, lake/pond, and baseball fields. The creek runs through every camp site and has wooden bridges which off a whimsical and rustic touch to the camping experience. The lake pond is cool, sand bottom until there is mushy bottom and lots of plants growing in it. Big enough to canoe, kayak, paddleboard, swim, fish, and play in. Dog friendly if you and your canine are okay with strict leash redulations. Great views of the mountains, sky, and more! Only negative I felt: the equine/horse spot is next to the campgrounds and it is not enjoyable to hear people over an intercom when you are camping. It was not excessive and not too bothersome, but literally my only complaint that I could muster up. Our kids loved it. Friends loved it. Husband and I loved it. Will definitely return again! read more

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We have stayed here multiple times and love floating the pond. Although last weekend things changed. We took our dogs and after the long four hour car ride we drive stayed to our reserved camp spot and let the dogs out to stretch and then was going to walk to the office. As soon as the dogs hit the ground there was a golf cart pulling up. The lady was rude and she just said hi. So we said hi back. She then rudely said. So do you have a reservation. Yeah of course we do is what I thought. She went on to tell us how we had to stop at the office when we got there and I had apologized and let her know that we have never done that and it wasn't an issue. She told us it's under new management and that if they weren't at the office our camp site would be on some board. We knew our campsite as we book it every time. It was not the warmest welcome we have received. The office was not open when it said it was and the people are not friendly. Probably won't stay here again. It's not for the camp itself just the management read more

Great place to camp if your in the area for off- roading. Clean sites, small creek with shade to cool off, and bathroom with showers. Can ride out of camp, and convinient location close to town read more

The water wasn't working when we arrived, but we were told it would be turned on later. We had to walk 20 minutes every time we needed to use the restroom, and leave with our dirty dishes. None of this would be a problem if we hadn't paid $28 dollars for the experience. When asked for a partial refund, we were denied. Totally not worth it. read more

This campground is an oasis among the desert scrub just below the Sierra Nevadas Eastside. When we checked in and spoke with Stacey it was like talking to my own daughter she was so friendly. The campsites are dirt but they'r heavily packed and most of them are right up against a small creek, beautiful trees and grass. We love seeing the chickens and roosters running around the campground and it made us feel at home. The only thing lacking were sewer hookups but that's okay we're totally self-contained. When we come this way again we will definitely stay at this campground. Very relaxing in the peace & quiet among the cottonwood trees. read more

Family owned and they work hard to give everyone a safe, clean experience. Remember, this is Bishop, and it's going to be HOT in summer. Shady spots are essential if you want to be comfortable. There's a great creek running behind all the campsites. read more

We stayed here 4/26/15 thru 5/1/15 & loved it! Lawn & small creek right next to the campsite with a BBQ & Fire pit. Exceptional staff, clean grounds, clean restrooms with showers ($2) & coin op laundry. Country atmosphere, pet friendly, located next to a huge county park, & about 10 mins from downtown Bishop. We will return! read more

Beautiful place ! The stream running through the middle of the camping sites is beautiful and soothing ! This place is defiantly one of the nicest place we've stayed at and we'll defiantly be coming back ! read more

This is a great kid friendly place! The stream running through the camp grounds is beautiful and the restrooms and showers are clean and very close to camping area!The pond is big and beautiful for swimming and fishing. The grass area is big and the kids loved it! The lady who runs this place is very nice and helpful! Our new favorite! read more

Great campground and amenities . 1st time we've stayed there. (We usually camp elsewhere on our 2 to 3 visits to the Eastern Sierras per year.) The Camphost Macy Davis is more than AWESOME. Without her it's just another campground, we plan on Camping at Browns Millpond on future trips and have even made reservations for Memorial Day 2018. The only draw back is No debit or Credit Cards ( Cash or checks only) but Macy Davis' smile and helpful attitude more than makes up for it : ) read more

We have been going to Millpond for about eight years now... beautiful campground, not too big, not too small, close to Bishop, adjacent to trails, archery range which is unusual, pristine rest rooms, quiet and obviously repeat clientele, wide spots, shade, large overflow area, next to recreation park,... and the best of all, the host and her staff is/are gracious, helpful and attentive. If you're looking for a truely relaxing and tranquil fishing/ATV/riding/sightseeing vacation in the mid Sierras that feels like you're off the grid, with the security of markets close at hand - this is the one! If you're looking for crowded/boozy/party/loud - go elsewhere - it's likely the neighbors will make it clear you're not the quiet type. read more

We've been visiting the Eastern Sierra's for over 30 years now. We found this campground about 3-4 years ago and now only stay here which is 4 or 5 times a year. Who ever it was saying Stacy is rude could not be more wrong, she is a very sweet person. The campground is always very clean including restrooms and showers. It has plenty of trees to provide some shading with a small stream running right through the middle of the campground. Highly recommended that you check it out you won't be disappointed. read more

I stayed here with a family friend from San Diego for 5 days on a motorcycle riding trip. We had a great time and very much enjoyed Brown's Millpond Campground. The campground is beautiful with a stream running through it. It has nice bathrooms with showers. We were able to ride our dirt bikes right out of the campground. Stacy is a very nice person and we enjoyed talking with her. I'm looking forward to my next trip to Bishop and will stay here again for sure. read more

The camp ground itself is very nice. Big spots, shade trees and a nice running creek. Big clean restrooms with huge showers. The staff is very nice and helpful. Stacy is a delight. The only reason I gave 3 stars instead of 5 was because of the crowing roosters that run over the campground. They crow day and night. We are on vacation and would like to sleep in or maybe take a nap. That was impossible. The roosters NEVER stopped crowing. I know they have fresh eggs from the hens, (which we bought) but I would take peace and quiet over fresh eggs any day. Would love to come back some day...but only if they become rooster free. Talked to Stacy about the crowing, she was very apologetic but short of shooting them, (believe me if I had a gun I would have seriously thought about it) there wasn't much to be done. Oh well. If you don't mind crowing this is the right place for you. Again I can't say enough of how wonderful the staff and the campground is in fact it's the best campground in Bishop. read more